林海钟，又名林滨、福建永春人。1968年1月生于杭州，1980年从师学习山水画。1986年考入中国美术学院国画山水专业，1990年本科毕业，同年攻读该校硕士研究生学位，1991年获首届潘天寿奖学金，1993年获硕士学位并留校任教。出版《写意山水入门》、《早春图画法》、《山水画技法》等。
1993-1994年兼任普陀文化馆副馆长。1997年获中国文联、中国美协“97中国画坛百杰”称号。1997-1999年任中国美院国画系山水教研室主任，现执教于中国美院国画系，2000年至2004年攻读该系博士研究生，导师卓鹤君先生。现为中国美院造型艺术学院国画系教授、博士生导师、山水教研室主任，中国美术学院书画鉴赏研究中心副主任，中国美协会员。
作品曾获第七、八、九届全国美展优秀作品奖。作品《高唐遗地考》入选第七届全国美展，《卧游图》获全国首届山水画展优秀奖，《清趣》获第二届山水画展优秀奖，《风和意畅》入选第八届全国美展等。全国首届山水画展优秀作品奖等，曾在南京、烟台等地举办个展。其作品被中国美术馆、上海美术馆、广州美术馆和伦敦大英博物馆等收藏。
林海钟纵向演进爆发力：多重吸收，潇洒从容。林海钟的山水，意境古朴秀劲而富有现代气息：他尝试着将亘古的笔墨带入现代人的话语情境，笔墨使他笔下的物象获得生机和活力，也牵引人们进入那深邃、古旷、混融的情境中；他的作品能将现代审美意识融入到传统表现中，创造出独特的审美意趣——古意与现代感可以互相对话。
林海钟的精微之处，在于把传统笔墨程式的勾、皴、染法秩序化，融入个性化的戛然独造的语境中，当你游荡在其作品中的古塔、古亭、古寺、古树、城亘、落日中间，便能从他水墨笔势变化中感受到文化精神含量，更能从他水墨形态的原始力度、空间维度中感受到澎湃激赏、潇洒从容的意蕴。
出版《写意山水入门》、《早春图画法》、《山水画技法》、《历代名家技法精粹——山石篇》、《古画临摹》等。

1986年考入原浙江美术学院（现为中国美术学院）国画系山水画专业
1990年本科毕业，被保送攻读硕士研究生学位

1991年因成绩优异获首届“潘天寿奖学金”。

Immense forest bell, renown Lin Bin, Fujian always spring person. Was born at Hangzhou in January 1968, learned a landscape painting from division 1980. Took an examination of major of landscape of traditional Chinese painting of Chinese academy of fine arts 1986, undergraduate course graduated 1990, of the same age assiduously studies degree of graduate student of this school Master, won scholarship of birthday of first Pan day 1991, obtained master's degree 1993 and stay school teach. Publish " enjoyable landscape introduction " , " magic art of early spring painting " , " law of landscape painting ability " etc.
1993-1994 year hold deputy curator of house of Pu Tuo culture part-time. Obtained beauty of Chinese article couplet, China 1997 assist " 97 China draw altar 100 outstanding " title. 1997-1999 year holding the post of traditional Chinese painting of Chinese beautiful courtyard is director of landscape staff room, teach to be fastened at traditional Chinese painting of Chinese beautiful courtyard now, came to assiduously studied this to fasten doctoral graduate student 2004 2000, adviser Mr Zhuo Hejun. It is Chinese beautiful courtyard now director of staff room of adviser of professor of department of traditional Chinese painting of plastic arts institute, doctoral student, landscape, vice director of research center of appreciate of painting and calligraphy of Chinese academy of fine arts, chinese beautiful association member.
Work ever was obtained the 7th, 8, beauty of 9 whole nations exhibits outstanding work reward. Work " ground of tall Tang Wei is taken an examination of " selected beauty of the 7th whole nation is exhibited, " lie swim graph " obtain first landscape painting of countrywide to exhibit outstanding award, " clear interest " obtain the 2nd landscape painting to exhibit outstanding award, " wind and meaning free " selected beauty of the 8th whole nation is exhibited etc. First landscape painting of countrywide exhibits outstanding work reward to wait, ever held in and other places of Nanjing, Yantai exhibit. Its work is mixed by Chinese art gallery, Shanghai art gallery, Guangzhou art gallery London is British museum collect.
Even if immense forest bell erupts to gradual progress force: Multiple absorb, cheesy and easy. The landscape of immense forest bell, show of artistic conception of primitive simplicity is strong and rich contemporary breath: He is trying to take the writing with ancient extend the speech situation of modern, writing makes the content elephant of his the wording and purpose of what one writes achieves opportunity of survival and energy, also pull in bringing people to enter that abstruse, Gu Kuang, circumstances that mixes be in harmony; His work can blend in contemporary and aesthetic consciousness traditional expression in, innovation gives distinctive aesthetic interest -- ancient meaning and contemporary feeling can speak each other.
The essence of immense forest bell is in smally, depend on a traditional writing form tick off, the chapped, order that paint a way is changed, blend in individuation knock gently in the language situation that creates alone like that, among extend of the ancient tower that loafs about in its work when you, Gu Ting, Gu Si, Gu Shu, city, setting sun, can experience culture spirit content from inside change of situation of pen of his water Chinese ink, can spend from dimension of the primitive strength of configuration of his water Chinese ink, space more in feel cheesy and insurgent bepraise, easy desire accumulate.
Publish " enjoyable landscape introduction " , " magic art of early spring painting " , " law of landscape painting ability " , " law of ability of past dynasties a person of academic or artistic distinction is pithy -- hill stone piece " , " Gu Hua copy " etc.